Founder Tim Martin

JDW takes pubs off the market

Two Wetherspoon pubs saved after huge community campaigns

20-Oct-2015 By Oli Gross

Two JD Wetherspoon pubs have been saved after dedicated community campaigns forced the pubco to think again about selling.

Tim Martin: pubs are the whipping boys

16-Mar-2011 By Lesley Foottit

JD Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin has accused the Government of driving drinkers out of pubs through a combination of continual price hikes and...

Wetherspoon opens two pubs in Nottingham

12-Aug-2010 By The PMA Team

JD Wetherspoon has opened two new pubs in Nottingham — the city where founder Tim Martin studied law.  The company has spent £1.8m on...

Martin: the billion-pound bar man

22-Apr-2010 By The PMA Team

The PMA Team takes a looks at JD Wetherspoon's past and future as founder Tim Martin starts to ramp up openings again. As milestones go, it's...

'Government accused of launching war on pubs'

03-Jan-2010

"JD Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin has accused the government of launching a war on boozers. Ministers want to tackle binge drinking by bringing in...

City Diary — 25 June

25-Jun-2009 By The PMA Team

All the latest gossip and rumour from the City.

Tim Martin: still riding the waves

07-May-2009 By Andrew Pring

JD Wetherspoon is 30 years old, but founder Tim Martin is as active and outspoken as ever, as Andrew Pring discovers. With a very personal legal...

JDW withdraws 99p pints in Martin's home town

05-Feb-2009 By The PMA Team

A Wetherspoon pub in founder Tim Martin's home town of Exeter has had to drop its 99p a pint offer amid claims that some were abusing the bargain.

JDW's £4m clear-up

03-Apr-2008

JD Wetherspoon is to invest £4m in extra staff for peak trading times after repeated complaints about uncleared tables. Founder Tim Martin has...

Punter calls on JDW to 'return to values'

14-Feb-2008

A JD Wetherspoon (JDW) customer has called on founder Tim Martin to return the pub chain to its original principles. The customer, a Mr Spence, from...

Six-months sabbatical for Martin as he goes travelling

02-Oct-2003

by The PMA Team JD Wetherspoon founder Tim Martin has taken six months of unpaid leave to go travelling. Martin turned off his telephone on Monday...